It is common place for articles on mixed martial arts website and in mixed martial arts print magazine, but with main stream acceptance of the sport often comes more main stream coverage. For their November issue, Rolling Stones magazine did a piece on UFC Lightheavyweight champion Jon Jones. An excerpt of that article is available below

Jon "Bones" Jones sits in a wheelchair, two plastic bags stuffed with ice resting on his big, bruised feet. It's near midnight in Denver, and half an hour ago in front of 16,000 fans, Jones thrashed Quinton "Rampage" Jackson in elegant, but vicious, fashion, choking out the former light-heavyweight champion to retain his UFC title belt.

The September victory cemented Jones' status as the most brutal practitioner of precision fury in the UFC. In fact, Jones may be the best fighter the world of mixed martial arts has ever seen. Blessed with a six-foot-four frame and a freakish athleticism that runs in the family (his brother Arthur plays linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens), Jones, 24, brings a set of skills the UFC could only dream of in its early days of eye-gouging and head butts. His moves – spinning elbows, flying knee kicks – seem like the stuff of kung-fu flicks, and yet he's just as deadly on the ground. Urijah Faber, one of MMA's biggest stars, says Jones could become the Michael Jordan of the sport. "I don't really know what to say to that," Jones says as a trainer adjusts the ice on his feet, which are nearly broken from all the punishing kicks delivered to Jackson. "I don't want to sound cocky, but I do hold myself in high regard."

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